Dress
A waistline rising slightly from 1860s was offset by the visual subterfuge of pulling all the fabric of the skirt into an airy bustle or pouf at the back. The graceful front view was preeminent; necessarily, a side silhouette was that of a truncated torso over a very full skirt. The coiffure of the period accorded with these proportions and called for a big coil of hair appropriate to balance the massing of the posterior pouf.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dress
- Date: 1870–74
- Culture: European
- Medium: wool, cotton
- Credit Line: Gift of Lee Simonson, 1938
- Object Number: C.I.38.23.245a–c
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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French
1804–5
French
ca. 1872
British
ca. 1870
House of Worth
Charles Frederick Worth
ca. 1872
European
1815–20
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